Understanding the Authentication Flow
Explore how to manage authentication flow within a React application by using access and refresh tokens. Learn to handle token storage with localStorage, send authenticated requests, refresh expired tokens, and redirect users to login when needed to maintain secure user sessions.
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We’ve already explored authentication on a social media project from a backend perspective. But how does this manifest in the React application?
Managing authentication in React
Well, things will be a little bit different. To quickly recapitulate, we have a registration and a login endpoint. These endpoints return the user objects with two tokens: ...